My Back Deck

How this site for Jeff came about

Years ago I got tired of every time we changed ISPs or the phone company would change names I would end up with a new email address. This was before Gmail got popular. So I decided to get a domain name and my address would never change. Jeff and I went on my back deck to think about it. We were setting out there and I said something about how I like My Back Deck, and the name came from that comment. I've had this domain name for many years now. I've used it for emails but never really for a website. I now have a screened in back porch I set on. Patsy and I were working on the videos we are creating in celebration of Jeff's life and I thought I would like to tell some of his friends the story behind some of the pictures.

Setting on the back porch drinking coffee it came to me. Why don't I use My Back Deck and tell my memories of Jeff. So Patsy and I are going to start telling some of our memories of Jeff (and maybe a little trivia about him). We're old so we can't remember everything in order, We're just going to tell them as they come to us.

Hopefully Jeff's and our friends and family will enjoy some of our memories of Jeff though out his life.

Mouse over the pictures below for some of Jeff's favorite things

BACON!

Everyone who knew Jeff knew he loved BACON. His favorite place to get bacon was Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams. Some of his old web sites he quit using are set to take you to Bacon on Wikipedia. Try Tetraboy.com

2nd Amendment

Jeff was a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment. At 21 he got his Georgia Weapons License and carried pretty much every where he went. He liked having a big gun. He carried a Glock 20 SF 10mm and a Ruger LCP 380 as his back up. He was a member of Georgia Carry.org

Halloween

For Jeff, Halloween was bigger than Christmas. By the time he was a teenager he started creating his own haunted house for Halloween. In 2007 we built our biggest one ever. We spent over 2 months building the haunt and the props. It was awesome.

Jurassic Park

When Jurassic Park came out, Jeff's cousin Wendy took him to see it. He was hooked from then on. After he got bigger he ran his own forum JP Universe for a while. He wanted to start his own special cloud hosting company named after JP. Nublar Cloud Hosting.

Bear 2002-2009

Bear was Jeff's AKC Registered German Shepherd Dog. Bear was a companion and protector for Jeff for nearly 7 years. He was the best house dog I have ever seen, and a well behaved and obedient dog.

PHP

Jeff got into php when he was around 13 years old. He actually wrote php scripts and sold them to web hosting companies. When he got older his friend Ben started taking him to the Atlanta PHP Meetup and they went to some PHP Conferences together. Jeff was always an avid fan of PHP>

Links to videos remembering Jeff

Remembering Jefferson by Susan White
Jeff's First Year
Jeff's Second Year
Jeff's Third Year
Presentation at Roan Street School

Website 20 Year Anniversay

Bruce February 17, 2019 February 17, 2019About Jeff 0

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a memory. Patsy and I have been real busy the last year. We were fixing an old house, then had to move in before we were done. It’s been a lot of work. This wasn’t just cosmetic like clean and paint, it…

LOLCODE

Bruce November 26, 2017 November 26, 2017About Jeff 0

I googled Jeff Jones LOLCODE and found quite a lot. According to Wikipedia and several other websites The first LOLCODE implementation was a PHP parser written by Jeff Jones. Jeff’s website was also the first website using LOLCODE as an actual web scripting language. The winning Pecha Kucha presentation at…

Dragoncon

Bruce September 4, 2017 May 14, 2020About Jeff 0

This was Labor Day weekend. It’s also when Draconcon comes to Atlanta. Jeff loved Dragoncon. He would buy his tickets a year in advance. Where he lived was right in the middle of all the festivities. He would dress up as one of his favorite characters and head out…

Swimming at Carters Lake

Bruce July 17, 2017 July 17, 2017About Jeff 0

It’s been hot and I was thinking back when Jeff came to visit and we went to Carters Lake. It was July 21, 2013. Jeff and his mom went swimming. I had a injured shoulder and didn’t swim that day. Now I’m glad I didn’t swim. I took out my…

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